Keep your children close at night For the Squidgicum-Squee's a creeping Never let them leave your sight Or forever there'll be weeping Count your children one to ten And when you've finished, count again For where you counted ten before You'll find that there are ten no more When the Squidgicum-Squee comes creeping.   A brooding malevolence has emerged from the shadows, and loved ones are disappearing without a trace. Stranded on a strange alien world, with no idea how he got there or how he was going to get back home, Joshua Ellis meets a mysterious pirate; but can he be trusted? Will Joshua and his new friends discover the dark secret of the Dream Stealers and prevent the unearthing of an ancient evil? Or are they already too late? Stuart Beard has had 40 years' experience of being a public health scientist. His professional writing has been limited to scientific journals, but for many years he has been writing short stories and poems for family and friends. Now it is time to share these thrilling adventures with the rest of the world.
Published by: Troubador Publishing Ltd